Caldecott Medal Winners – Illustrators

illustration by Randolph Caldecott

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. Caldecott Honor citations are also awarded to worthy runners-up every year. (Only Medal Winners are listed below – go to ALA site for complete list of runners-up.)

I’ve arranged this list first alphabetically by author for easier library searches, then, below, chronologically. In a few instances the illustrators and authors are different, so I’ve listed the illustrators after the title.

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*** NEW! – CALDECOTT WINNERS GROUPED BY AGE! I thought this would be useful for parents. Just scroll down to the bottom..

Caldecott Medal Winners 1938-2014

(grouped by age)

All of these books should appeal to a wide range of ages of course, the “age” rating I’ve given each is simply the youngest age that I think a child might be able to “get” the general drift of the story and fully enjoy it. Within each age grouping the books are listed in chronological order.